BRI charting a new course for Silk Road
Jasur Mavlyanov, 32, is from Uzbekistan and is the founder of Shanghai Silk Road International Trading Co Ltd, a startup dedicated to promoting business and trade.
I should have come to China earlier and then maybe the progress of my startup would have been greater. The Chinese market is larger and more diverse than any in Europe. Also, it has everything that Silicon Valley has - a full variety of resources, opportunities and talent - and more up-to-date technologies.
I majored in business in undergraduate studies in my home country and financial law in graduate studies in the United Kingdom. In 2010, after working for a major property company in London for about three years, I decided to come to China, which was developing on a fast track. My long-term goal is to figure out why the country is growing so rapidly.